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HARROW.

No. 293,304,. V Patented Feb. 12,1884.

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UNTTEn STATES P TENT Urricn.

WILLIAM E. BUDD, OF CHATHAM, NEW JERSEY.

HARROW.

SPECIFICATION. forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,304, dated February 12, 1884.

Application filed October 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all 1072 0112, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. Bonn, of Ohatham, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harrows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in harrows; and it consists, first, in the combina: tion of the harrow provided with the pivoted adjustable bearings at its rear end, the bolts which secure the bearings to the harrow, the brackets and set-screws for controlling the movement of the bearings, the roller which is j ournaled in the bearings, and the pivoted seat-frame provided with a roller; second, in doubleedged harrow teeth which are provided with shoulders to catch under thelower edges of the beam, and suitable projections to catch in recesses formed in the sides of the beam, and suitable clamping bolts or devices for holding them in place, whereby when one edge of the tooth has become dulled the edges may be reversed by applying the teeth upon the opposite side of the machine; third, in an adjustable seat, the lever upon which the seat is placed, an arm or brace secured to the under side of the lever, and which is provided with a friction roller at its lower end tobear upon the roller which is attached to the rear end of the frame, all, of which will be more fully described hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a plan view of aharrow enibody- I ing my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figs. 3, 4, 5 are detail views of the same.

A represents the harrowframe, which is composed of the short front piece, B,-the rear piece, 0, andthe diagonal beams D. These diagonal beams D are divided into two sets, which run parallel with each other, but at an The outer ends of these beams D do not cross each other; but'the two central ones intersect each other at any suitable distance in the rear of the front piece, 13, as shown in Fig. 1. To the sides of these beams D are secured the teeth E, and in such relative arrangement to each other that they harrow the ground evenly, as shown in dotted lines. Each one of these teeth is provided with two cutting-edges, a shoulder, F,

to catch against the under side of the beam D, to which it is attached, and a projection, G which catches in a suitable recess made in the side of the beam at any suitable distance above its lower edge. Each tooth, afterbeing applied to the side of the beam D, is then clamped rigidly in position by means of a clampingbolt, H, or other suitable fastening device. hen the front edges of theteeth have become dulled, it is only'necessary to remove them and apply them to beam upon the opposite side .of the harrow, when the rear edges will be brought into play. By this means the teeth canbe used to advantage a much longer time than can be done if they were provided with a single cutting-edge only.

In order to use the harrow as a furrowopener or a combined furrow-opener: and harrow, there will be attached to the beams D the furrow-opener Z, as shown in Fig. 2.

which are perforated at theirends, so as to be adjustable vertically in relation to the beams to which they are attached, and to this bar is attached a suitable furrow-opening device of any desired construction. These furrow-openers Z do not extend parallel with the beams D, but have their front ends attached to one beam and their rear ends to the neat adj oin- 1 The number ers are made vertically adjustable, so thatthe 9 o harrow can be raised upward to such a dis tance that the barrow-teeth will not touch the ground; or the furrow-opener may be raised upward to such a distance that the teeth will harrow the ground at the same time that the furrow is being opened. Pivoted upon the top of the crossbeams D, near the front edge of the harrow, is the pivotal rod or bar I, to which the upright J is secured. To the upper end of this upright J is rigidly secured the ICC seat-lever L. To the underside of this seatlever is secured the rigid frame or brace N,

These 75 furrow-openers consist of bent bars or rods,

Upon an ordinary harwhich is provided with a friction-roller, O, at its lower end. The seat P is provided with the two depending flanges Q, which have their lower ends turned inward for the purpose of catching underneath the bar L, and this seat is made adjustable back and forth upon the bar for the purpose of enabling the'driver to put his weight upon any desired part of the harrow. 'By means of a set-screw which is passed through one of the flanges Q, the seat can be readily secured at any desired point.

When the ground is to be rolled at the same time that it is harrowed,.the removable roller, R will be applied to the rear end of the har row, as shown in Fig. 1. For this purpose the metallic levers S are pivoted to the beams D at their front ends by means of bolts T, and held in any desired relation at their rear ends to the outer sides of the beam D by means of the brackets U, which are bolted to the beams by means of the bolts V, which pass vertically down through the beams D. Through the outer I sides of these brackets are passed the setscrews NV, which have their inner ends catch in any one of a series-of holes which are made through the levers S. By means of this series of holes the levers S canbe adjusted up and down, so as to bring a greater or less pressure of the roller upon the ground, as may be desired. 1

The set-screws XV can be removed at any time, and then the roller will rise and fall with the irregularities of the surface of the ground under the pressure of the drivers weight.

To the rear ends of the metallic levers S will be secured wooden blocks, in which the jour nals of the roller will turn. These blocks can be readily removed when worn out and replaced by others; The friction-rollerO of the arm or brace N bears upon this roller R for the purpose of causing the roller to break and crush the clods.

It will be seen that this harrow will harrow shoulders 'F and studs or projections G, and

the clamping-bolts H, whereby the teeth are made removable from one side of the harrow to the other, so that their cutting-edges can be reversed, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a harrow, of the seatlevcr L, the adjustable seat attached thereto, an arm or brace, N, the friction-roller O, and the roller R, which is attached to the rear end of the harrow by means of the adjustable levers S, substantially as shown.

3. The combination of theharrow, provided with the pivoted adjustable bearings S at its rear end, the bolts T, brackets U, set-screws W, roller R, the pivoted seat-frame L M J, and the roller 0, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VM. E. BUDD.

Vitnesses:

B. F. MonsELL, F. A. LEHMANN. 

